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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The hitherto little-known company has teamed up with Blackstone-backed Quality Care to create India’s third-largest hospital chain after Apollo and Manipal. But success will depend on how the new entity overcomes a set of unique challenges.
Chances are you’ve never heard of Azad Moopen. In the world of doctors turned entrepreneurs like Naresh Trehan, P.C. Reddy and Devi Shetty, who’ve received their fair share of public adulation, Moopen has largely remained under the radar. Founder of Aster DM Healthcare, which started off with hospitals in the Middle East and his native state of Kerala, Moopen listed his company on the bourses in 2018. It’s been chugging along since then, but then something strange happened two months back.
Just around the time last year was drawing to a close, Moopen engineered a merger of Aster with Blackstone-backed …
India’s second-largest brokerage by active clients wants to handle IPOs as a merchant banker. But gaining a foothold in the highly competitive sector is easier said than done.
Influence cannot be manufactured through diaspora networks, carefully branded events or political donations. It requires honesty and credibility.
Chinese diplomats to India are saying all the right things for Indian ears, but Beijing’s policy actions are moving in the opposite direction.
